Where does plastic waste go? Local dynamics of waste flows in Indonesian neighbourhoods by Giulia Frigo, Christian Zurbrügg, Iwan Juwana, Claudia R. Binder

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Life After Traumatic Brain Injury: Effects on the Lifestyle and Quality of Life of Community-Dwelling Patients by Yi-Chia Wei, Chih-Ken Chen, Chemin Lin, Yu-Chiau Shyu, Pin-Yuan Chen

“…Overall, the TBI group had a reduced health-related quality of life, with significant challenges related to physical health, mental well-being, social interactions, pain management, and fatigue levels. …”
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Ecosystem services potential and soil conservation policies with emphasis on degraded pastures in Brazil by Adriana Monteiro da Costa, Maise Soares de Moura, Isadora Fonseca Navarro, Victor Cordeiro da Silva, Teresa Cristina Tarlé Pissarra, Carlos Alberto Valera, Luís Filipe Sanches Fernandes, Fernando Antonio Leal Pacheco

“…Different global agendas have discussed the role of soils in mitigating and reducing global problems related to climate change, food security, biodiversity and erosion, among others. …”
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Inhibitory action of methylene bisphosphonic acid on metabolic activity and viability of J774A.1 cells by D. O. Labudzynskyi, E. P. Pasichna, O. I. Krynina, М. M. Veliky

“…Bisphosphonates (BPs) are primary agents in the current pharmacological arsenal against osteoclast-related bone loss due to osteoporosis, Paget’s disease and bone tumors. …”
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Construção e avaliação do desempenho de três trilhadoras de arroz Construction and performance of three rice threshing machines by José G. da Silva, Pedro M. da Silveira, Luiz C. Barcellos, Rogério de A. Almeida

“…Mechanical threshing not only improves labor efficiency but also reduces grain breakage during milling. …”
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Enhanced Conformer-Based Speech Recognition via Model Fusion and Adaptive Decoding with Dynamic Rescoring by Junhao Geng, Dongyao Jia, Zihao He, Nengkai Wu, Ziqi Li

“…First, based on the Conformer network and its variants, we introduce a weighted fusion method using training loss as an indicator, adjusting the weights, thresholds, and other related parameters of the fused models to balance the contributions of different model structures, thereby creating a more robust and generalized model that alleviates overfitting and local optima. …”
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Genome-wide selection signal analysis reveals copy number variation associated with litter size in Guizhou Black goat by Yanpin Zhao, Yong Han, Yong Han, Chao Yuan, Yang Yang, Yong Long, Wen Xiao

“…The enriched pathways, such as the Hippo signaling pathway, steroid hormone biosynthesis, and retinol metabolism, suggest that these biological processes may play a critical role in regulating fertility and reproductive efficiency in goats. The findings highlight the potential for utilizing CNVs as markers for improving reproductive performance in livestock breeding programs.…”
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ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY ISOLATION EVALUATION OF MAJOR MICROORGANISMS IN PERIODONTAL TISSUE PATHOLOGY by S.B. Kostenko

“…The risk of antibiotic-resistant mikrobiom potentially be associated not only with time proceeding systemic antibacterial component in the protocol complex treatment of periodontitis but with specific combinations of different used drugs duration, efficiency previously performed mechanical treatment by open or closed curettage, especially the dosing of selected antibiotics middlemen. …”
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Failure mode identification and effects analysis of mobile X-ray machine using selected MADM techniques by Vikas Sisodia, Dharmalingam Ganesan, Sachin Salunkhe, Robert Čep, Emad Abouel Nasr

“…Further to illustrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the modified FMEA method of the present study, an example using FMEA to illustrate the Rank of the Drives-related failure in a Mobile X-ray machine is provided. …”
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Inferring Mechanical Properties of Wire Rods via Transfer Learning Using Pre-Trained Neural Networks by Adriany A. F. Eduardo, Gustavo A. S. Martinez, Ted W. Grant, Lucas B. S. Da Silva, Wei-Liang Qian

“…By proper calibration and fine-tuning, observed improvements over the standard CNN models are reflected by good training and test accuracies in order to predict the material’s mechanical properties, with efficiency demonstrated by the loss function’s rapid convergence. …”
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Fusarium oxysporum assisted green synthesis of small-sized silver nanoparticles for high antibacterial, and photocatalytic decolorization performances by Reyad M. El-Sharkawy, Inas A. Ahmed, Taghrid G. Kharboush

“…SNPs exhibited promising photocatalytic efficiency at different concentrations and times compared with dark conditions. …”
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Color, Structure, and Thermal Stability of Alginate Films with Raspberry and/or Black Currant Seed Oils by Jolanta Kowalonek, Bogna Łukomska, Aleksandra Szydłowska-Czerniak

“…The added oils reduced the efficiency of alginate decomposition in the first stage. …”
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Determination method for horizontal load-bearing capacity of pile group for large LNG tank by Chengguo WEI, Hanwen WANG, Wentao LIU, Wei CUI, Wangyu ZHAN

“…On the premise of ensuring sufficient horizontal load-bearing capacity in pile groups, the proposed method significantly reduces design conservatism, serving as a reference in improving the cost efficiency of pile group foundation design with elevated pile caps for LNG tanks.…”
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Study on deformation zoning of overlying strata and simulation of rock pressure behavior in longwall top coal caving mining by Xinxian ZHAI, Zhaoyang GUO, Jianchang FANG, Zhiyong ZHANG, Xiaofan ZHAO

“…Each deformation stage is related to the collapse instability of key stratum in different layers. ② After the collapse instability of the lower key strata in LTCC mining, with the continuous increase of LTCC face advancement, the middle, upper and main key strata in the fractured zone have separated from their lower strata before the collapse instability. …”
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Modelling of compositional gradient for reservoir fluid in a gas condensate deposit with account for scattered liquid hydrocarbons by Ekaterina V. Kusochkova, Ilya M. Indrupskii, Dmitrii V. Surnachev, Yuliya V. Alekseeva, Aleksandr N. Drozdov

“…The results of the study are significant for assessing initial amounts of hydrocarbon components and potential efficiency of their recovery in gas condensate and oil-gas-condensate reservoirs with large hydrocarbon columns.…”
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Improving trans-regional hydrological modelling by combining LSTM with big hydrological data by Senlin Tang, Fubao Sun, Qiang Zhang, Vijay P. Singh, Yao Feng

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Development and Application of a Senolytic Predictor for Discovery of Novel Senolytic Compounds and Herbs by Jinjun Li, Kai Zhao, Guotai Yang, Haohao Lv, Renxin Zhang, Shuhan Li, Zhiyuan Chen, Min Xu, Naixue Yang, Shaoxing Dai

“…The accumulation of senescent cells is a major contributor to aging and various age-related diseases, making developing senolytic compounds that are capable of clearing these cells an important area of research. …”
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Enhancing slow sand filtration with 3D-printed eco-friendly bricks by Wathsala Benthota Pathiranage, Chloe Sharp, Yinshan Hong, Cecylia Williams, Omar Algharibeh, Anna McKnight, Clinton Williams, Hunain Alkhateb, Matteo D’Alessio

“…Although the changes in removal efficiencies were not statistically different, the sand filter with clay bricks showed the highest removal rates for turbidity (87.1 % ± 7.1), COD (55 % ± 18.6) and TOC (47 % ± 27). …”
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A novel mechano‐enzymatic cleavage mechanism underlies transthyretin amyloidogenesis by Julien Marcoux, P Patrizia Mangione, Riccardo Porcari, Matteo T Degiacomi, Guglielmo Verona, Graham W Taylor, Sofia Giorgetti, Sara Raimondi, Sarah Sanglier‐Cianférani, Justin LP Benesch, Ciro Cecconi, Mohsin M Naqvi, Julian D Gillmore, Philip N Hawkins, Monica Stoppini, Carol V Robinson, Mark B Pepys, Vittorio Bellotti

“…Finally, we show that existing transthyretin stabilizers, including tafamidis, inhibit proteolysis‐mediated transthyretin fibrillogenesis with different efficiency in different variants; however, inhibition is complete only when both binding sites are occupied.…”
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Developing an effective teaching model in order to improve the educational level of schools by Mehdi Mohammadi, fardin Abdollahy, Rafigh Hasani

“…Effective teaching should be regular and stimulating, and promote motivation, vitality, innovation, and increase the efficiency of teachers and students (Bidabadi et al., 2016). …”
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